CHITOSAN product variances

Our CHITOSAN product variances as a raw material of any applications; by Degree of Deacetylation (%DD): Molecular Weight or Viscosity : Sources (Alpha and Beta type) as following;

(i) sources ;

(1) Shrimp shell

(2) crab shell (Crab, Asian, Portunus pelagicus / blue swimming crab)

(3) crab shell (Crab, Alaskan, Chionoecetes opilio)

(4)Squid, Todarodes pacificus or equiv

(ii) Molecular weight or Viscosity:

(1) More than 900 kDa

(2) 900-500 kDa

(3) 500-125 kDa

(4) 125-80 kDa

(5) less than 80 kDa

(iii) Degree of Deactylation (%DD)

(1) more than 90%

(2) 90 % - 80 %

(3) less than 80 %

CHITOSAN

A polyglucosamine derived from chitin by deacetylating chitin molecule. It is a cellulose-like polymer located mainly in exoskeletons of arthropods (e.g. crabs, shrimps, lobsters and insects) and squidpen. Chemically and physiologically, the compound can be defined as a dietary polysaccharide fiber which cannot be hydrolyzed by digestive enzymes of humans. The ability of chitosan, a glucosamine polymer formed by deacetylating chitin, is known to interact with hydrophobic compounds such as cholesterol, triglycerides, fatty and bile acids and reduce their absorption or reentry into the mucosal cells of animals and man.